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The heart of Plainfield holds one surprise (cool yarn shop!) after another (fantastic bike trail!).

Is there an article of clothing or certain material, utilitarian and distinctively Indy, that could give the 500 the signature fashion statement it’s missing?

To enter the exhibit, guests walk through a vintage photograph that appears to hang in midair.

Celebrate both West African and African-American art, history, and culture from a Hoosier perspective.

A prop from a new episode could revive interest in a long-lost bit of Indiana history.

When Prohibition ended, the boozy, bawdy days of the Indianapolis Press Club began. Patrons favored a martini “so potent that on the third sip” their tongues would be “paralyzed,” according to one account.

The term “middle of nowhere” might have been coined for spots like Hemlock Cliffs, a trail leading through an oasis of sandstone bluffs designated a “special place” by Hoosier National Forest officials for its striking and rare features.

The Harrison Center for the Arts executive director unwinds in this cozy Herron-Morton Place retreat, where pieces from bookshelf frills to vintage trinkets convey a meaningful narrative.

In 30 years, Indy has shared as many good times—and bad—with our Colts as Baltimore ever did. We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. Most of all, though, we’ve cheered.

The exhibit includes a picture of women playing baseball in the 1890s, five decades before the movie characters portrayed by Geena Davis and Madonna had a “League Of Their Own” during World War II.

Where to find peace and quiet, exclusive concerts, and the best lunch in the heart of downtown.

It turns out that the border town modeled its street plan after the Circle City’s in 1889.

In the introduction, Madison explains that he set out merely to “update” his first comprehensive account of the state’s past, published in 1986. “But simply updating that book proved unwise,” he writes. “Because Indiana has changed. So has the knowledge of our past.”

Local artists have decorated 250 fiberglass birthday cakes strategically positioned all around town.

Talk about a Hail Mary. In 1982, city leaders built an NFL stadium without a team.